Another technology will be launched soon to provide a highly fuel efficient gas engine. This will be good for both the automotives with light-duty and engine markets that are of medium-duty. The technology called HEDGE (High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine) II will be launched by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to expand their efforts from the previous one.

With all the ‘go green’ campaign we hear today, this technological progress sounds like a good point to the advocacy. It will eventually benefit all of us through its less-polluting emissions and more economical in terms of fuel requirements.

In the latest test, it showed that the exhaust gas recirculation levels mounted to up to 50%. These are key factors as they develop a knock mitigation strategy that’s more aggressive.

Another element that they’re going to look into is the probably advanced turbocharging system. It will encompass even the testing of the effects of biofuels and hydrogen. This is the additional work that will be done in the coming days to the former HEDGE consortium now on its second phase.

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